PREACH IT! Kristen Stewart has a threesome on camera! Ha. Made you look
Achieving fame is hard. Maintaining it is even harder. (Heidi Montag burns at least 800 calories daily through her relentless PR campaigning alone.) Still, we here at Preach It! have managed to...
View ArticleLabrador who ate an entire beehive wins pet insurance company's award for...
It would be difficult to argue with the pet-loving folks who voted Ellie, a year-old Labrador retriever from Santee, Calif., the winner of VPI Pet Insurance's Hambone Award for oddest insurance claim....
View ArticleMatt Noble's Emmy preview: Gleefully lost
The Envelope's mischievous forums moderator Matt Noble gives us his own, hilarious Emmy riff. Bravo, Matt! This deserves its own Emmy! Get Gold Derby on Twitter. Join the Gold Derby Group at Facebook....
View ArticleEmmy prediction smackdown: Experts forecast who'll win
Here's a roundup of Emmy Award predictions from the best pundits on the planet: Mike Ausiello (Entertainment Weekly), Kristin dos Santos (E! Online), Maggie Furlong (AOL TV Squad), Joseph Kapsch...
View ArticleMike Mangan's Big Organ Trio celebrates album release at the Mint Friday
A possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to L. Ron Hubbard claimed that he was going to start a religion because that's where the money is. If one applied similar logic to the music world, they'd...
View ArticleNew Yorker Festival announces lineup
It wouldn't really be the New Yorker Festival without a little Malcolm Gladwell, would it? Today the New Yorker announced the lineup for its October festival of culture, arts and the written word....
View ArticleCOLOMBIA: Deaths of 3 teens feed fear over Facebook threats
Lists posted on Facebook threatening death to 90 people in a southern department of Colombia are causing panic after three young people named were confirmed killed (link in Spanish), reports in...
View ArticleTourism to Jamaica drops after drug-lord clashes
Tourism to Jamaica has dropped this year in the aftermath of a bloody government manhunt for alleged drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, the Jamaica Observer newspaper reports. Citing data released...
View ArticleMovie projector: 'Avatar' re-release a wild card as 'Takers' and 'Last...
Two new genre pictures open this weekend with solid box-office prospects, but they face the return to theaters of one of the most popular movies of all time. Hollywood executives who are usually...
View ArticleEvolution Valley backpack
Right hand jammed in my shorts pocket, collar of my Buzz Off shirt pulled up past my chin, and cuff tight over my left hand — which was gripping a fly rod, only fingertips exposed — I made my way down...
View ArticleAcademy announces final Emmy presenters. Tell us who you want to team up!
Sure, Seeley Booth is a catch. But what if Bones teamed up with Don Draper? And wouldn’t it be super bloodsuckingly cool if Alexander Skarsgard got all vampiric on Betty White!? Here’s hoping the...
View ArticleMusic review: Vibration Institute Orchestra and Evidence at Royal/T
A sure part of the allure with Wednesday’s ambient-oriented “experimental electronic music” evening was the ambience of the hosting housing, the back room of the unique eatery/art gallery/happening...
View ArticleAll-time Lakers versus all-time Celtics ... guess who wins?
The Celtics may have a slight lead over the Lakers in NBA championships, 17-16, but which of the two storied franchises would win if their all-time best players and coaches squared off? According to...
View Article18-game NFL season could mean a new TV partner, permanent date for Super Bowl
The National Football League's push for to extend the regular season to 18 games -- from its current schedule of 16 -- could have a dramatic effect not just on the players and fans, but also on the...
View ArticleJohn Jorgenson brings Django Reinhardt-inspired Gypsy jazz back to SoCal
In the year that marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, Southland fans will have reason to celebrate with several Southland appearances later this week by...
View Article'Machete' premiere: Jessica Alba, Robert Rodriguez and lowriders in downtown...
Who needs limos? Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin and director Robert Rodriguez were among those arriving at the "Machete" premiere Wednesday in custom lowriders, trading...
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